Franz Lehár – Past Concerts

A holiday concert with music by Smetana, Lehar, Anderson, and more!

A holiday concert with music by Smetana, Lehar, Anderson, and more!

Works by Bernstein, Britten, Copland, Kálmán, Grothe, and more.

A family-friendly event! Come enjoy music while you play and relax.

Lehar – Overture to The Merry Widow
Liszt – Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major
Saint-Saëns – Danse Macabre, Op. 40
Mussorgsky – Night on Bald Mountain
Ravel – Bolero

Works by Bach, Bozza, Lehar, Ponce-Heifetz, Liszt-Iverson, and Josef Strauss, as well as a world-premiere arrangement of a song cycle by Northwest composer John Muehleisen.

Lehar – Overture to The Merry Widow
Bruch – Concerto for Violin in G minor
Hanson – Symphony No. 2, "Romantic"

Works by Sharman, Honstein, Ravel, Schubert, Sieczynski, and others.

Thomas Harper directs students from the UW School of Music voice program in scenes from Macbeth, Suor Angelica, and The Merry Widow.

Korngold – "Glück, das mir verblieb" from Die tote Stadt
Lehár – "Meine Lippen, sie küssen so heiß" from Giuditta
Charpentier – "Depuis le jour" from Louise
Verdi – "È strano... Sempre libera" from La traviata
Giles Silvestrini – Trois Duos Pour Hautbois
Philip Hansell – Six Esquisses for two oboes
Francois Devienne – Two Duets from Six Duets, Op. 74

Works for soprano, piano, and clarinet by Debussy, Szulc, Obradors, Lehár, Mompou, Granados, Piazzolla, and Poulenc.

Beautiful and heartwarming selections from our favorite Viennese operettas, including works by Johann Strauss, Jr., Lehar, Niccolai, and more.

Rathbun – Suite for Oboe and English Horn
Sieczynski – Wien, du Stadt Meiner Träume
Lehar – Meine Lippen sie Küssenso heiss (Guiditta)
Lehar – Vilia (Merry Widow)
J. Strauss – Was ist an einem kuss gelegen (Der Lustige Krieg)
Raymond – Die Juliska aus Budapest (Maske in Blau)
O. Strauss – My Hero (Chocolate Soldier)
Two Irish Folk Songs
Telemann – Canonic Sonata in D major for two oboes
Flemming – Three Duets for Two Oboes from Sixty Progressive Etudes for the Hautboy

Program will include works by Beethoven and Mozart, as well as many holiday works and selections from Frozen. Program will also include a chamber ensemble.

Program will include works by Beethoven and Mozart, as well as many holiday works and selections from Frozen. Program will also include a chamber ensemble.

Chabrier – "Fête Polonaise" from Le roi malgré lui
Gershwin – Excerpts from Porgy and Bess
De Falla – Siete Canciones Populares
Gounod – "Ah je ris!" (The Jewel Song) from Faust
Dvořák – "Song to the Moon" from Rusalka
Lehar – "My Lips Taste Like Wine" from Giuditta
Respighi – Pines of Rome